Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
165 
45 
116 
4 
86 
79 
500 or more 
53 
20 
31 
2 
27 
26 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
7,329 
4,654 
2,389 
286 
4,701 
2,628 
number 
182,742 
78,196 
97,359 
7,187 
110,615 
72,127 
Beef cows 
farms 
7,232 
4,607 
2,346 
279 
4,667 
2,565 
number 
166,745 
74,486 
86,249 
6,010 
104,602 
62,143 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,985 
2,329 
541 
115 
1,889 
1,096 
10 to 49 
3,500 
2,037 
1,319 
144 
2,310 
1,190 
50 to 99 
512 
179 
320 
13 
332 
180 
100 to 199 
162 
40 
116 
6 
94 
68 
200 to 499 
61 
19 
41 
1 
35 
26 
500 or more 
12 
3 
9 
- 
7 
5 
Milk cows 
farms 
193 
112 
72 
9 
87 
106 
number 
15,997 
3,710 
11,110 
1,177 
6,013 
9,984 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
121 
92 
27 
2 
61 
60 
10 to 49 
14 
9 
3 
2 
7 
7 
50 to 99 
7 
2 
5 
- 
2 
5 
100 to 199 
18 
2 
14 
2 
5 
13 
200 to 499 
26 
6 
17 
3 
10 
16 
500 or more 
7 
1 
6 
- 
2 
5 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
5,988 
3,670 
2,100 
218 
3,718 
2,270 
number 
114,544 
50,573 
60,700 
3,271 
64,961 
49,583 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
5,778 
3,417 
2,137 
224 
3,713 
2,065 
number 
134,445 
59,637 
70,248 
4,560 
83,671 
50,774 
$1,000 
92,352 
41,661 
47,663 
3,027 
57,332 
35,020 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
3,843 
2,191 
1,519 
133 
2,508 
1,335 
number 
48,996 
22,394 
25,232 
1,370 
30,624 
18,372 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
4,577 
2,674 
1,722 
181 
2,915 
1,662 
number 
85,449 
37,243 
45,016 
3,190 
53,047 
32,402 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
838 
594 
195 
49 
454 
384 
number 
224,076 
183,583 
39,021 
1,472 
140,450 
83,626 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
649 
485 
126 
38 
338 
311 
25 to 49 
87 
47 
35 
5 
48 
39 
50 to 99 
30 
17 
13 
- 
24 
6 
1 00 to 1 99 
18 
4 
8 
6 
9 
9 
200 to 499 
10 
7 
3 
- 
7 
3 
500 or more 
44 
34 
10 
- 
28 
16 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
469 
317 
126 
26 
272 
197 
number 
9,195 
8,322 
747 
126 
5,607 
3,588 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
690 
489 
162 
39 
369 
321 
number 
214,881 
175,261 
38,274 
1,346 
134,843 
80,038 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
571 
386 
143 
42 
306 
265 
number 
758,876 
627,065 
130,491 
1,320 
469,043 
289,833 
$1,000 
93,527 
75,060 
18,262 
206 
61,373 
32,154 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
549 
427 
98 
24 
306 
243 
number 
12,684 
8,701 
3,620 
363 
7,232 
5,452 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
356 
265 
73 
18 
186 
170 
number 
6,251 
4,632 
1,424 
195 
3,651 
2,600 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
254 
195 
49 
10 
141 
113 
number 
4,114 
2,787 
1,193 
134 
2,506 
1,608 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
7,209 
5,866 
1,151 
192 
3,547 
3,662 
number 
52,395 
40,410 
9,203 
2,782 
24,676 
27,719 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
6,993 
5,682 
1,121 
190 
3,431 
3,562 
number 
45,170 
35,003 
7,744 
2,423 
21,458 
23,712 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,463 
1,169 
246 
48 
654 
809 
number 
6,048 
3,329 
2,510 
209 
2,050 
3,998 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,861 
2,334 
439 
88 
1,487 
1,374 
number 
38,732 
30,528 
6,907 
1,297 
22,053 
16,679 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,233 
969 
217 
47 
632 
601 
number 
12,780 
9,495 
2,724 
561 
6,403 
6,377 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,060 
2,496 
466 
98 
1,400 
1,660 
number 
4,231,250 
3,482,633 
740,300 
8,317 
1,573,146 
2,658,104 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,991 
2,454 
444 
93 
1,368 
1,623 
400 to 3,199 
18 
10 
3 
5 
9 
9 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
3 
4 
- 
3 
4 
20,000 to 49,999 
29 
19 
10 
- 
11 
18 
50,000 to 99,999 
11 
7 
4 
- 
8 
3 
100,000 or more 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
448 
371 
63 
14 
196 
252 
number 
1,816,370 
1,198,712 
(D) 
(D) 
765,786 
1,050,584 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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